An Iznik pottery Tankard Turkey, circa 1575
Sold for £65,725 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Sir Alan Barlow Collection;
    Sir Thomas Barlow Collection.

    Published:
    Geza Fehervari, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive study based on the Barlow Collection, London, 1973, no. 272, 108a.

    The decoration of this tankard is ultimately based on a Chinese 15th Century prototype.

    It belongs to a group of wares that have been termed "wheatsheaf style" by Atasoy and Raby (Nurhan Atasoy and Julian Raby, Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey, London, 1989, pp. 239-40).

Lot heading

An large Iznik blue and white pottery Tankard
Turkey, circa 1575

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art


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